Generic Company Place Holder Tap Tap Revenge

Talk about addictive. Tap Tap Revenge has an instantly-familiar
interface to anyone who's ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
Supplied music tracks play in the background, and colored dots rain
down from the top of the screen to the bottom. When the dots
intersect the white bar along the bottom of the screen, you have to
tap the dot. When an arrow scrolls down, you have to jerk the phone
to the left, right, or down, depending on the arrow, as if tapping
an invisible object.

There are four difficulty levels, with Extreme foisting a
literal shower of dots down upon you. Tilting the phone doesn't
register with the same degree of accuracy as tapping, though,
making the tilting bits an exercise in frustration. It would be
nice if there were a screen-based option that could take the place
of moving the phone, such as tapping at the edges of the
screen.

Tap Tap Revenge offers the option of downloading numerous free
songs in addition to the few that the game comes with. Other than a
couple tracks by Weezer, The Offspring and Daft Punk, most are from
obscure bands. But free is free, and you might find something indie
you like. And there are more tracks being added all the time.

There's a head to head local mode, where two players face off on
corners of the same phone, and there's also online play, where you
compete for high score in real time with other players. Online play
isn't actual head to head, but the constantly-updated ranking
during the match is a nice touch.

Tap Tap Revenge is possibly the best free game for the iPhone.
It's fun, musical and addictive. Adding in the ability to import
your own tracks in a future version would make it just about
perfect. We can only hope.

Note: This link takes you to the vendor's site. From
there, you can follow the link to the iTunes App Store, where you
can download the latest version of the software.

--Steve Horton

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